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A Personalised Vaccination Program Based on Immune Reconstitution in Paediatric Cancer Survivors

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aims Paediatric cancer survivors often experience treatment‐induced immunosuppression, requiring post‐treatment revaccination. However, immune recovery timelines vary, and current revaccination guidelines, largely based on data of varied quality derived from studies on acute‐lymphoblastic‐leukaemia (ALL), may not be applicable across all ...
Menucha Jurkowicz   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella immunity among pregnant women aged 15–44 years, Namibia, 2010

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2016
Background: The level of rubella susceptibility among women of reproductive age in Namibia is unknown. Documenting the risk of rubella will help estimate the potential burden of disease in Namibian women and the risk of congenital rubella syndrome (CRS ...
Anna Jonas   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prevention of infectious diseases in athletes. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
The sports medicine physician may face challenging issues regarding infectious diseases when dealing with teams or highly competitive athletes who have difficulties taking time off to recover.
d'Hemecourt, Pierre, Luke, Anthony
core  

Achieving Cancer Prevention Equity: A Policy Analysis of American Cancer Society HPV Vaccination Guidelines

open access: yesJournal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim To examine the American Cancer Society's HPV vaccination guidelines through a nursing policy analysis framework, assessing justice and equity outcomes in cancer prevention policy implementation. Background Human papillomavirus vaccination remains critical for cancer prevention, yet persistent health disparities undermine equity goals ...
Grace K. Kyei   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A long-lasting measles epidemic in Maroua, Cameroon 2008-2009: mass vaccination as response to the epidemic. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
A measles outbreak occurred in Maroua, Cameroon, from January 2008 to April 2009. In accordance with recent World Health Organization guidelines, an outbreak-response immunization (ORI) was conducted in January 2009.
Anker   +30 more
core   +2 more sources

Vectors and Vector‐Borne Diseases: Biology, Epidemiology and Integrated Control Strategies

open access: yesJournal of Applied Entomology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Vector‐Borne Diseases (VBDs), transmitted by arthropods such as mosquitoes, ticks, fleas and sandflies, represent a significant threat to global health. These diseases can be caused by a variety of pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, protozoa, and helminths.
Roberta Rinaldi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Economic analyses of rubella and rubella vaccines: a global review

open access: yesBulletin of the World Health Organization, 2002
OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether the incorporation of rubella vaccine into immunization programmes in developing countries is economically justified. METHODS: A MEDLINE search was conducted for articles published between 1970 and 2000 that dealt with ...
Hinman Alan R.   +3 more
doaj  

Serologic screening for anti-rubella immunoglobulin G antibodies in Romanian pregnant women: an unexpected rate of seronegativity

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases
Objectives: This study assessed the risk of rubella infection among pregnant women in Romania. Methods: Serologic testing was conducted between 2022 and 2023 in 1,279 women to determine the presence of specific anti-rubella immunoglobulin (Ig)G ...
Larisa Maria Morariu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Heritable IFNAR1 Deficiency in Oceania

open access: yesJournal of Paediatrics and Child Health, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Autosomal recessive interferon alpha and beta receptor subunit 1 (IFNAR1) deficiency is a rare and heritable inborn error of immunity (IEI) predisposing individuals to severe and life‐threatening viral infections. It is more common in people of Western Polynesian ancestry, with estimates of around one in six thousand live births affected, due ...
Cecilia Verryt   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rubella Vaccination During Pregnancy Trabzon Turkey 2009

open access: yesGynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine, 2010
OBJECTIVES: The Turkish Republic of Health Ministery achieved a vaccination program to eliminate both the congenital and acquired forms of rubella infection. The immunisation program has been quite successful. However 57 women have inadvertently received
Mehmet Osmanağaoğlu   +4 more
doaj  

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